Category: Cenotes

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chikin ha

Do Every Cenote-Related Activity in One Place at Chikin Ha Park 

Why go cenote-hopping when you can see different kinds of cenotes in one place? Besides swimming in its cenotes, in Chikin Ha Park you’ll get to do and experience other cenote-related activities you didn’t know existed. Where is Chikin-Ha Park? If you’re staying in or near the Riviera Maya, Chikin Ha Park is a great…
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Dos Ojos Cenote

Dos Ojos Cenote : The Two Eyes

Cenote Dos Ojos is one of the oldest and most traditional cenotes in the Riviera Maya. The name, meaning “two eyes,” hints at the fact that there is not a single cenote here, but two. They’re within Dos Ojos Park, which offers a variety of activities. Facilities at Dos Ojos Cenote As this is a…
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Ecotours Xtohil

Ecotours Xtohil: 4 Cenotes in a Single day

As there are no two alike, cenote-hopping is a common practice in the Yucatan Peninsula. Visit one, swim a little, move on to the next one. The recently opened Ecotours Xtohil (sometimes spelled with a J: “Xtojil”) offers a great chance to see what that’s like. How the Ecotours Xtohil tour works The tour covers…
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Zacil Cenote and Restaurant

Zaci Cenote and Restaurant

Cenotes are a big part of the Riviera Maya and Valladolid is no exception. Some of the most well-known and iconic are found around this colonial city, as well as others, less well-known, but by no means less beautiful. You don’t have to travel far to experience the Zaci cenote and its restaurant, as it’s…
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cenote lucero

Verde Lucero Cenote: the green one

The choice of cenotes along Puerto Morelos’ Ruta de los cenotes—or cenotes route—is varied, but Verde Lucero stands out like a sore thumb—or a green one. If you’ve swam in cenotes before, you’ll know the water of most of them is usually somewhere in the blue spectrum, from turquoise to royal blue. Verde Lucero, as…
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azul cenote

Get the Blues at Azul Cenote

One of the most popular tourist activities in the Riviera Maya, so full of cenotes, is cenote-hopping, or cenote touring: visiting a few on the same day. On one of the most popular cenote routes, Azul simply cannot be missing from your cenote checklist. Where is Azul Cenote? If you stand on the Chetumal-Cancun Highway…
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casa tortuga

Casa Tortuga Cenotes: There are different ways to visit a cenote

Seeing the four cenotes in Casa Tortuga, just a few minutes from Tulum, is a great way to get to know the different kinds of cenotes there are. Jump in, swim, and tour a system of caves to learn about these places and see them in a very different light. The facilities at Casa Tortuga…
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casa cenote

Casa Cenote: Follow the Currents all the way to the Sea

Part of the largest system of underground caves in the world, cenotes in the Riviera Maya can be found miles inland or just a few feet away from the ocean. That’s the case with Casa Cenote. It’s so close to the sea that you’ll be swimming in a mixture of fresh and saltwater. Where is…
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cenote carwash

Carwash Cenote: It Only Used to be One

There are different versions of why this cenote is called Carwash Cenote. According to one, there used to be a car wash nearby. It closed and the name stuck. According to another, the cenote was the carwash. People used to stop here to wash their cars using the free water. Whichever the case, the carwash…
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caracol cenote

Caracol Cenote: Why is it called that?

Not all cenotes are alike. In open cenotes, for example, people are looking to have a good, refreshing, relaxing time. That certainly is not the case in the darkness of cave cenotes, such as Caracol Cenote. The experience is quite different there. One of wonder, discovery… and even a little fear. Caracol Cenote is part…
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